The Four Hemispheres

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Handouts
Vocabulary
  • Cartographer
  • Equator
  • Hemisphere
  • North Pole
  • Prime Meridian
  • South Pole
Monday
  1. The equator divides the Earth into which two hemispheres?
  2. The prime meridian helps to divide the Earth into which two hemispheres?
Tuesday
  1. North America is part of which two hemispheres?
  2. Is Australia part of the Northern and Western Hemispheres, or the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres?
Wednesday
  1. Asia is located in which directions from the equator and from the prime meridian? In which hemispheres is Asia located?
  2. Does the equator cross the northern or southern part of South America? South America is located mostly in which two hemispheres?
Thursday
  1. In which hemisphere is the North Pole located? Which ocean is closest to the North Pole?
  2. What is the only hemisphere in which Antarctica has no land?
Friday
  1. Most geographers agree there are really five oceans. Name the five oceans. Which of the oceans is closest to Antarctica?
  2. Africa has land in both the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres. Africa is considered part of the Eastern Hemisphere. Why?